a. It's noon. 現在是中午十二點。
=It's twelve noon.
或 :
It's midnight. 現在是午夜十二點。
= It's twelve midnight.
b. It's five past three. 現在是三點五分。 = It's three o five.
注意:
1) 此處o雖等於中文的『零』, 但要唸成英文字母"o"的音。
2) 『3點01分』至『3點09分』要唸成: "three o one"、"three o two"..."three o nine"。
『十分』之後均不需加"o"，即：
三點十分: three ten
三點十一分: three eleven
其他表『幾點幾分』均以此類推。如:
一點○二分: one o two/two past one
九點廿九分: nine twenty-nine/twenty-nine past nine
c. 分針指到"3"時，可唸成"fifteen"(15) 或"a quarter"。 a quarter原指『四分之一』, 六十分的四分之一即十五分之意。如:
It's one fifteen. 現在是一點十五分。
= It's fifteen past one.
= It's a quarter past one.
但不可說:
It's one a quarter. (╳)
d. 分針指到"6"時, 可唸成"thirty" (30) 或"half" (一半)。如: It's two thirty. 現在是兩點卅分/兩點半。
= It's half past two.
但不可說:
It's two half. (╳)
e. 分針所指的數字超過"6", 則有下列唸法: It's twenty to five.
= It's four forty.
現在是廿分到五點。
= 現在是五點差廿分。
= 現在是四點四十分。
It's five to ten.
= It's nine fifty-five.
現在是五分到十點
= 現在是十點差五分。
= 現在是九點五十五分。
f. 準點 (即分針指到"12") 時, 表『幾點鐘』有下列說法: It's one o'clock. 現在是一點。
= It's one.
It's seven o'clock. 現在是七點。
= It's seven.
注意:
表『現在是中午十二點/午夜十二點』就不必使用"o'clock"一字。即:
It's twelve noon. (○)
It's twelve midnight. (○)
It's twelve o'clock noon. (o'clock是贅字)
It's twelve o'clock midnight. (o'clock是贅字) |
